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US Senator Kamala Harris with her mother, Shyamala. (AP)

Kamala Harris: What to know about the first Indian-American VP candidate

Harris' mother, Shyamala Gopalan, is a cancer researcher and civil rights activist from Chennai

12 Aug 2020 2:57 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi releasing a Tamil version of his poem on Mamallapuram’s beauty has won appreciation from Tamil film personalities. (Photo: File)

'Tamil language is beautiful, people are exceptional': PM Modi

Responding, the Prime Minister said on his twitter handle, 'Glad to be expressing myself in the world's oldest language.'

21 Oct 2019 11:06 AM

HTSC provide a forum for the growing population of over 250,000 Tamil-Americans in the United States, a release said. (Photo: Website)

Houston University receives USD 2m commitment to support Tamil language, culture

The HTSC is a non-profit organisation founded 2018 to establish the Tamil studies chair at the Houston University.

04 Oct 2019 12:09 PM

Earlier, Haasan said this month that any imposition of Hindi would lead to a battle that will be "exponentially bigger" than the ''jallikattu'' protest. (Photo: File)

Hindi is a ‘little child in diapers’ in family of languages: Kamal Haasan

In Chennai, Kamal Haasan said: 'Compared to Tamil, Sanskrit and Telugu, Hindi is still a young language.'

04 Oct 2019 10:21 AM

As the controversy over Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks refuses to die down, BJP leader Pon Radhakrishnan on Friday advocated for recognition of Tamil as the national language. (Photo: ANI)

Amid row over Hindi, BJP leader advocates Tamil as national language

The Home Minister's statements drew sharp reactions from Opposition parties, particularly those in the South.

20 Sep 2019 3:03 PM

Tamil stars Vijay, Suriya request fans to not put up banners for movies; read why

Ajith's Madurai Fans association have confirmed the statement that they won't erect banners or hoardings.

17 Sep 2019 1:50 PM

Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor. (Photo: Instagram)

In video: Neetu Kapoor impresses Rishi Kapoor with her Tamil skills; watch

Ever since Rishi Kapoor is battling with cancer, his wife Neetu has always been there with him as a pillar.

07 Sep 2019 4:39 PM

Zee5 aiming to increase it user base to 80 million by March from 70 million app downloads till March 2019.

Zee5 plans to emulate Netflix, to have mobile-only tariff packs

Netflix, which tested an Rs 250 monthly plan in India since March, had last week announced a rollout the plan nationally.

22 Jul 2019 12:32 PM

"There is no Hindi imposition," the Union Minister reiterated. (Photo: File)

Centre will not impose Hindi in Tamil Nadu: Sitharaman

As part of the Centre's 'EK Bharat Shreshta Bharat' scheme, efforts have been made to popularise Tamil in northern states of the country.

20 Jul 2019 3:47 PM

Indian girl trying to sing songs in 85 languages for Guinness

Hailing from Kerala, Suchetha already knew to sing in some Indian languages like Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil.

12 Nov 2017 3:46 PM

70 new Indian words from Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Hindi and Gujarati languages have been added to the dictionary. (Photo: Pixabay)

From Anna to Abba, 70 Indian words added to Oxford dictionary

The words were added to the dictionary as Indians have “a highly specific vocabulary with no direct equivalents in English.

29 Oct 2017 4:50 PM

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